I think this story is told in a witty an interesting way since it started where it should have finished with the funeral of the main character to create intrigue. Emily was somehow weird when the story said that there was hair on the pillow which meant that she slept next to him when he was dead.
They mention the story of Rapunzel but not everybody knows what happens during her journey. It's quite obvious how difficult Hansel and Gretel's situation is, but we know nothing of Rapunzel.